Odivelas Municipality (Portugal) (original) (raw)
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Concelho de Odivelas, Distrito de Lisboa
Last modified: 2014-11-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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[![[Odivelas municipality]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-odv.gif)
](../images/p/pt-odv.gif)2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Nov 2014
- About the Flag
- Version without Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Odivelas See also:
- Odivelas Communes
- Portugal
About the Flag
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a gyronny of eight of white and blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Nov 2014
Coat of arms
[![[Odivelas municipality CoA]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-odv)
Shield Argent in base two bars wavy, a rampant bear Sable armed and tongued Gules superimposed by a bend chequered of Gules and Argent. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading "MUNICÍPIO DE ODIVELAS" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
The bend chequered might allude to the Cistercian Order.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Nov 2014
According to Ralf Hartemink flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 March 2009.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Nov 2014
Version without Coat of Arms
[![[Odivelas municipality plain]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-odv0.gif)
](../images/p/pt-odv0.gif)2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
Presentation of Odivelas
Odivelas Municipality had 144 549 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 26,14 km². It consists of four communes (some called united communes), it is part of Lisboa District, Regon (NUTS II) of Lisboa and subregion (NUTS III) of Grande Lisboa.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Nov 2014
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